Janakpurdham, July 25: Chief of the Underground Water Resources and Irrigation Development Division Office in Karmaiya, Sarlahi and Mechanical Officer were arrested along with the bribe money they had taken from service recipients.
A team of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) arrested Chief of the Office Anupama Dhakal and Mechanical Officer Tulakant Chaudhary along with the bribe money.
According to Prakash Pokharel, Information Officer of the CIAA in Bardibas, based on a tip-off, a raid was conducted at the residence of the Division Chief located in Bagmati Municipality-12, Sarlahi, and Rs 750,000 was recovered from the sofa where Dhakal was sitting. An additional Rs 71,115 in cash, the source of which was not disclosed, was also recovered during the search.
Information Officer Pokharel said that the raid was conducted based on a complaint that Chief Dhakal had demanded bribes through Mechanical Officer Chaudhary to make payments after the completion of boring and motor installation work with various water user committees.
Further investigation is underway against the arrested Dhakal and Chaudhary. #nepal #rss
